Reset import assignment

[Derek Atkins]

Ian Konen <iankonen at gmail.com> writes:

> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 1:49 PM,  <cgw993 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Is there a way to permanently disable the importer to prevent it from
>> learning or doing anything at all against your wishes?  In other words is
>> there a way to make it such that the user can control the software and it is
>> not the software that controls the user? GNUcash has cloned proprietary
>> software right down to the user subjugating part.
>
> I think I'd word it differently than "user subjugating", but on this
> particular point, I actually agree with the guy who is passionately
> opposed to software subjugating the user except where methods of
> transaction entry are concerned (clearly a special case).
>
> The biggest flaw seems to be the OP's specific case: he trained the
> importer incorrectly and wants to wipe the slate clean instead of
> waiting for the updated training data to overwrite his initial
> mistake, and it doesn't seem like that should be difficult to
> implement in the UI (modify the XML data in the manner Derek
> suggested, but resulting from a menu selection and a warning dialog)

That's fine, and a reasonable suggestion.  Patches always welcome.

>  As to why he'd want to just skip the training and autoassigning
> entirely, it's easy to imagine a workflow that frequently involves
> grabbing the downloaded bank data, dumping it into the corresponding
> account first and using "UNBALANCED" as a reminder to go through at
> leisure and assign specific expense accounts outside of a modal
> dialog.   If you want to know if you'll have enough money in your
> checking account to pay your credit card bill this month, the
> individual expense breakdown is less important than just getting all
> the credit card side of the transactions in.  But rushing through on a
> first pass doesn't mean you won't fix the expenses later, and for that
> "UNBALANCED" is a useful flag / eyesore.

You can just ignore it and not assign anything, in which case the
importer wont learn anything.  So the way to "disable" this feature is
to not use the feature.

-derek

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